Dream of a Lifetime

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Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., was an American singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned more than two decades. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., he was the son of a storefront minister of a local Pentecostal church sect and grew up singing gospel in church revivals as a young child. Gaye branched out into secular music as a teenager, joining the doo-wop group The Marquees, after returning from an honorable discharge from the United States Air Force, before the group was hired by Harvey Fuqua to be Harvey & The Moonglows. Following the band's separation in 1960, Gaye began working as a session drummer for the Detroit music label, Anna, before signing with Motown Records in 1961, adding an "e" to his s… more »


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1985
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I have
Tasted success
I've been in love more or less
With a dream that will last me
A lifetime, baby

Other dreams I have lost
But whatever the cost
The parade isn't passing me by
No no no no no, darling

So if the picture I paint
Makes me a sinner or makes me a saint
I won't try, no, not I
To deny it
Oh, I may cry with the past
But it's easier to laugh about it
When I think of my wonderful life

I thank god for my wonderful life

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Written by: GREGORY ISAACS, MARVIN P GAYE, SYLVESTER WEISE

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group

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